The building where the Region 7 headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency are located in Lenexa, Kansas has a new owner. Washington, D.C.-based Easterly Government Properties announced its acquisition of the 169,585-square foot building. The EPA is the only tenant in the GSA-leased office building. The company did not disclose details of its purchase. The …
The move by the EPA to grant 31 hardship waivers for oil refiners from requirements to blend biofuels into their gasoline continues sending a shock wave among Iowa corn farmers. As POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report noted this week, Iowa politicians remain in disbelief while Democratic Presidential candidates are attempting to take advantage of the …
The EPA has named Oklahoman W. Scott Mason IV to be the agency’s new director for the American Indian Environmental Office in the EPA’s Office of International and Tribal Affairs. A Citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Scott is a 5th generation western Oklahoman. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from The University of Oklahoma. …
The EPA will not identify the 31 refineries that received renewable fuel stand waivers announced last week. The waivers were from annual renewable volume obligations and created more bipartisan pressure from corn and oil states on the Trump administration. EPA’s announcement included the rejection of six other exemption applications, along with a statement of intent …
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is accusing the Trump EPA of failing to uphold the agency’s mission of protecting public health and the environment after it refused to help the state in its lawsuit against the Air Force over major PFAS contamination at two Air Force bases according to POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report. In …
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) sent a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in support of the of the new Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma. In late June, the Environmental Protection Agency announced …
Corn growers are unhappy with the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement to increase the minimum requirements for renewable fuels beginning in 2020. The National Corn Growers Association accused the EPA of making changes to help refineries rather than corn growers. And it complained the EPA failed to account for lost volumes due to refinery exemptions. “We …
At least one official in the Environmental Protection Agency believes former Administrator and ex-Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt might have violated a legal settlement involving a proposed mine in Alaska. As Politico’s Morning Energy Report revealed, the EPA has started attempts to reverse an Obama-era bid to block the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska. A …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and a handful of other Republican Senators are urging the EPA to help block the efforts of Democratic Senators who have launched a move to roll back President Trump’s energy independence accomplishments, especially those designed to help small refineries in the country. Joining Inhofe in the call were: Ted Cruz …
The Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency is giving a clean bill of health to how a 2017 Superfund Task force created by former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt performed its duties. And a new report downplays concerns of environmentalists that Pruitt would play politics with Superfund sites. “The EPA complied with applicable laws and …
